Sounds like Aaron will soon be certified. Just not in the way you intended.

]]>By: Aaron Haspelhttp://www.godofthemachine.com/?p=412&cpage=1#comment-1103
Sat, 03 May 2003 14:17:05 +0000/?p=412#comment-1103Nah, just the data, not the OS or applications, so restoring would be a nuisance. But you’re right, I probably should.
]]>By: acdouglashttp://www.godofthemachine.com/?p=412&cpage=1#comment-1102
Sat, 03 May 2003 11:41:37 +0000/?p=412#comment-1102"AC: I would have had to open up the new box and try to make my old hard drive work with it anyway. No way around cracking the case this time."

Just out of curiosity, Do you keep full backups of your HD? If you did, restoring the contents to a new, blank HD is pretty much a piece of cake if you’ve used a competent backup application.

ACD

]]>By: ndderekhttp://www.godofthemachine.com/?p=412&cpage=1#comment-1101
Sat, 03 May 2003 09:31:15 +0000/?p=412#comment-1101I suggest you get A+ certification. Once you get that you may not need the Chinese kid. Or perhaps combining it with your other talents you’d command a big enough buck to have a spare box ready.

I just reminded myself of the the first joke I ever heard about repair techs. I salesman, a systems analyst and a repair tech are out driving together when they get a flat tire.

The salesman says "Well, time for a new car."

The systems analyst says "Maybe so for there is a deeper underlying problem. If we were to fill the tires with foam rubber…"

The repair tech has heard enough so he grabs the spare tire and starts putting it on each wheel until he finds the one that’s flat.

AC: I would have had to open up the new box and try to make my old hard drive work with it anyway. No way around cracking the case this time.

]]>By: acdouglashttp://www.godofthemachine.com/?p=412&cpage=1#comment-1099
Sat, 03 May 2003 08:43:44 +0000/?p=412#comment-1099Instead of messing with the Chinese kid, you shoulda contacted me. I would have provided you the solution to your problem in less than 30 seconds, and it would have taken you no more than one minute to implement: Buy a new box.

See how easy that would have been?

ACD

]]>By: Felicity McCarthyhttp://www.godofthemachine.com/?p=412&cpage=1#comment-1098
Sat, 03 May 2003 05:36:56 +0000/?p=412#comment-1098Holy Cow! What a lot of sulking went on there!
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